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Men’s Basketball Meets NJIT in CIT Opener
March 14, 2016 | Men's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's basketball makes its first postseason appearance since 1978 when it takes on NJIT in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament on Wednesday night. The game will tip off at 7:30 p.m. at the Fleisher Athletic Center and will be broadcast online on WatchCollegeInsider.com.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
ONLINE • WatchCollegeInsider.com
RADIO • Army West Point Sports Network
WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, N.Y. • WNLA 1420 AM - Peekskill, N.Y.
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS • sidearmstats.com/njit/mbball
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MBB
GAME NOTES • Army | 2016 CIT
STORYLINES
Seniors Tanner Plomb, Kevin Ferguson and Kyle Wilson earned First, Second and Third Team All-Patriot League honors, respectively. In addition to his second-team nod, Ferguson landed on the conference's inaugural all-defensive team.
Army's NCAA Tournament aspirations ended when the Black Knights lost to eventual Patriot League Tournament champion Holy Cross in the semifinal round. The Crusaders raced out to a 10-0 lead and never trailed in the 60-38 result on March 6. The Black Knights were forced into 18 turnovers in the loss. Kyle Wilson and Tanner Plomb each finished in double figures, with Wilson netting a team-high 12 points and Plomb coming away with 11 points and nine boards. Larry Toomey added five points and nine rebounds and Kevin Ferguson totaled four points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
NJIT enters the 26-team CIT field with a 17-14 record and closed the Atlantic Sun regular season with an 8-6 mark to finish second in the conference. Last year, NJIT won three games in the CIT before bowing out in the semifinal round.
Army has played 22 games with its regular starting lineup of Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Plomb, Larry Toomey and Kevin Ferguson. In those games, Army is 15-7, averages 80 points per game, and outscores its opponents by 3.3 points per game thanks to an average of 9.2 threes per game. Cox has a 104-52 assist-to-turnover ratio, Wilson is scoring 16.7 points per game and Ferguson averages 13.8 points and 10.5 rebounds. When Ferguson and Plomb both start, Army has an 18-7 record.
In the 10 contests without its traditional starting five, Army's scoring drops to 71.4 points per game and the Black Knights are making 8.4 threes per game. The Black Knights are 4-6 in those games.
Kevin Ferguson is the conference's all-time leader in field goal percentage. He led the league with a 61.2 percent shooting percentage during the regular season and was first in rebounding with 9.7 per game. His 3.93 offensive rebounds per game ranks 10th in the nation. In addition, Ferguson averages 13.3 points per game and has totaled 12 double doubles, which is the highest total in the league.
Tanner Plomb is 35th in the country and leads the Patriot League in scoring with 19.8 points per game. He is currently 13th in Academy history in scoring with 1,339 career points. Plomb ranks third in the league in three-point field-goal percentage at 35.2 percent and is third in three-pointers made with 76 on the year. The last time an Army player averaged better than 20 points per game was Mark Lueking in 1994-95 (24.4 ppg).
Kyle Wilson averaged 16.2 points per game, which was fourth in the Patriot League. He led the conference in three-pointers per game (3.13) and was 20th in the nation in that category. Wilson's 99 threes rank 16th in the NCAA and are second on Army's single-season list. Wilson is six points shy of 2,000 for his career.
For the second straight year, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League. Last year they combined for 33.3 points per game and this season, they are averaging 35.8 points per game. They have combined for 1,048 points this year, which is fourth-best in Army history for a scoring tandem.
A WIN OVER NJIT WOULD …
Be Army's first postseason victory since 1970, when it beat LSU in the NIT third-place game
Send the Black Knights to the CIT Second Round
Give Army 20 wins for the first time since 1976-77 when it won 20 games
Be the fifth 20-win season in the history of the program
Be Zach Spiker's 103nd career win and move him into second in Army history
Snap a three-game losing streak to NJIT (3-3 all-time)
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
ONLINE • WatchCollegeInsider.com
RADIO • Army West Point Sports Network
WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, N.Y. • WNLA 1420 AM - Peekskill, N.Y.
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS • sidearmstats.com/njit/mbball
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MBB
GAME NOTES • Army | 2016 CIT
STORYLINES
Seniors Tanner Plomb, Kevin Ferguson and Kyle Wilson earned First, Second and Third Team All-Patriot League honors, respectively. In addition to his second-team nod, Ferguson landed on the conference's inaugural all-defensive team.
Army's NCAA Tournament aspirations ended when the Black Knights lost to eventual Patriot League Tournament champion Holy Cross in the semifinal round. The Crusaders raced out to a 10-0 lead and never trailed in the 60-38 result on March 6. The Black Knights were forced into 18 turnovers in the loss. Kyle Wilson and Tanner Plomb each finished in double figures, with Wilson netting a team-high 12 points and Plomb coming away with 11 points and nine boards. Larry Toomey added five points and nine rebounds and Kevin Ferguson totaled four points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
NJIT enters the 26-team CIT field with a 17-14 record and closed the Atlantic Sun regular season with an 8-6 mark to finish second in the conference. Last year, NJIT won three games in the CIT before bowing out in the semifinal round.
Army has played 22 games with its regular starting lineup of Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Plomb, Larry Toomey and Kevin Ferguson. In those games, Army is 15-7, averages 80 points per game, and outscores its opponents by 3.3 points per game thanks to an average of 9.2 threes per game. Cox has a 104-52 assist-to-turnover ratio, Wilson is scoring 16.7 points per game and Ferguson averages 13.8 points and 10.5 rebounds. When Ferguson and Plomb both start, Army has an 18-7 record.
In the 10 contests without its traditional starting five, Army's scoring drops to 71.4 points per game and the Black Knights are making 8.4 threes per game. The Black Knights are 4-6 in those games.
Kevin Ferguson is the conference's all-time leader in field goal percentage. He led the league with a 61.2 percent shooting percentage during the regular season and was first in rebounding with 9.7 per game. His 3.93 offensive rebounds per game ranks 10th in the nation. In addition, Ferguson averages 13.3 points per game and has totaled 12 double doubles, which is the highest total in the league.
Tanner Plomb is 35th in the country and leads the Patriot League in scoring with 19.8 points per game. He is currently 13th in Academy history in scoring with 1,339 career points. Plomb ranks third in the league in three-point field-goal percentage at 35.2 percent and is third in three-pointers made with 76 on the year. The last time an Army player averaged better than 20 points per game was Mark Lueking in 1994-95 (24.4 ppg).
Kyle Wilson averaged 16.2 points per game, which was fourth in the Patriot League. He led the conference in three-pointers per game (3.13) and was 20th in the nation in that category. Wilson's 99 threes rank 16th in the NCAA and are second on Army's single-season list. Wilson is six points shy of 2,000 for his career.
For the second straight year, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League. Last year they combined for 33.3 points per game and this season, they are averaging 35.8 points per game. They have combined for 1,048 points this year, which is fourth-best in Army history for a scoring tandem.
A WIN OVER NJIT WOULD …
Be Army's first postseason victory since 1970, when it beat LSU in the NIT third-place game
Send the Black Knights to the CIT Second Round
Give Army 20 wins for the first time since 1976-77 when it won 20 games
Be the fifth 20-win season in the history of the program
Be Zach Spiker's 103nd career win and move him into second in Army history
Snap a three-game losing streak to NJIT (3-3 all-time)
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